On Maharashtra Day, the first Covid19 Test bus was flagged off in Mumbai by Mr Aditya Thackeray, Minister of Tourism & Environment and Shri Rajesh Tope, Heath Minister , Govt of Maharashtra.

The Bus is an initiative by the C19 Taskforce of IIT Alumni Council that was brought to life with support from the Health Department of MCGM, Dr. Muffazal Lakadawala and Krsnaa Diagnostics Private Limited.

Covid19 Test Bus facilitates access to affordable and rapid testing to people in dense urban areas whilst at the same time isolating doctors and facilitating large scale testing during the monsoons.

The Covid 19 Test Bus is based on indigenous technology and claimed to be the first vehicle of its kind in the world with onboard genetic testing, AI based teleradiology and contactless sample collection.

 

The IIT C19 Test Bus is based on the indigenous Kodoy Technology Stack and executed by partner organizations led by IIT alumni. The Kodoy architecture involves E-vehicles for sample selection & telemedicine, algorithm based pooled genetic testing and indigenous megalabs capable of upto five million tests per month per lab.

The Bus has a sample collection capacity of 10-15 tests per hour. In addition to tests carried out on the bus, an end to end testing ecosystem has also been created for genome sequencing, antibody identification and gut biome mapping accessing remote labs through liquid nitrogen cooled cryoshippers.

Source: Various new papers and websites

The Bus is an initiative by the C19 Taskforce of IIT Alumni Council that was brought to life with support from the Health Department.